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The Role of the Meteorological in a Scheme of Grow More Food Crops

Volume : 36
Issue: Apr-apr
Pages: 178 - 181
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Abstract


The meteorologist has an important role in crop production where success depends upon a knowledge of the weather conditions.This is particularly so in controlling pests and diseases.The Entomologist will work out the detailed life histories of particular insects in relation to the manner of damage and method of control.The Mycologist again may be ready with a prescription for the control of fungi.But it has been brought to light from recent investigations that the periodicity and virulence of pests and diseases are intimately connected with the prevailing weather conditions.Thus the meteorolgist will be of immense help to these scientist with the forecast of weather conditions in advance to forear,m them with suitable methos of control.

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178 - 181
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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